Keith Nicholson Buttle (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He served as

mayor of Auckland City The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when the Auckland City Council and mayoralty was abolished and ...

from 1957 to 1959.

Biography

Born 23 November 1900 in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

, Buttle attended

Auckland Grammar School Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

. On 23 March 1927, he married Una Agnes Parkinson at the Pitt Street Methodist church in Auckland. He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He served on the

Auckland City Council Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an elected b ...

for 18 years, the

Auckland Harbour Board The Auckland Harbour Board was a public body that operated the ports of both Auckland and Onehunga from 1871 to 1988 and was dissolved in 1989. Its successor organisation is Ports of Auckland, which assumed the possessions and responsibilities of ...

for five years and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for three years. Buttle was elected mayor of Auckland City, replacing

Thomas Ashby Thomas Ashby, (14 October 1874 – 15 May 1931) was a British archaeologist. Family He was the only child of Thomas Ashby (1851–1906), and his wife, Rose Emma, daughter of Apsley Smith. His father belonged to the well-known Quaker family ...

in a by-election in November 1957 after Ashby died part-way through his term.''New Zealand Who’s Who'' 8th edition 1964 In the 1961 New Year Honours, Buttle was appointed a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

, in recognition of his service as Auckland mayor. Buttle died on 15 December 1973, and he was buried at Purewa Cemetery.

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1900 births 1973 deaths Mayors of Auckland 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Auckland Grammar School New Zealand stockbrokers Auckland City Councillors 20th-century New Zealand politicians Burials at Purewa Cemetery Auckland Harbour Board members {{NewZealand-business-bio-stub